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- From: lhuffmanp@stsci.edu
- Subject: Re: counter top controversy continue
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.141115.1@stsci.edu>
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- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
- References: <SBILES.93Jan24122528@dante.nmsu.edu> <1993Jan26.175117.23131@sobeco.com>
- Distribution: rec.pets.cats,na
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:11:15 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.175117.23131@sobeco.com>, rcroteau@sobeco.com (r.croteau) writes:
- > In <SBILES.93Jan24122528@dante.nmsu.edu> sbiles@nmsu.edu (Susannah E Biles) writes:
- >
- >
- > Well, we have 4 cats at home and we have threee of them jumping on
- > the counter and the fourth one, well, can't jump on the counter because
- > he's too fat(a little of 20 pounds). Our experience, no matter what you do
- > they'll start all over as soon as you think that you've won the battle. Cats
- > ain't dumb ! We tried with water guns, screams and other tricks but to no
- > avail. To me, to only (unreasonable) solution is to feed the cats like crazy,
- > give them real yummy food, and at one point they'll be too fat to jump any-
- > where. Realistically, IMHO, there's not much you can do.
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- The ONLY thing I have found that works is to keep nothing on the counter that
- interests them. Eventually they give up looking.
-